Also puzzled by response 3 (Radian wouldn’t let the start of the Olympics go unnoticed, would he?)
Can’t find any reference to this in puzzle 6806.

]]>By: beermagnethttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/08/independent-6806radian/#comment-37883
Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:00:15 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2183#comment-37883Thanks Eimi – indeed, even with all the hints not easy to spot.
I’m just about to start on your offering in today’s paper!
I see there is a “Puzzle special” in today’s Independent which includes 4 cryptic crosswords that are unattributed. Do you know if these are by some of the Indy regulars?
]]>By: eimihttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/08/independent-6806radian/#comment-37878
Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:27:00 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2183#comment-37878I think Radian intended us to look for 08-08-08 (twice). They’re not easy to spot, as they are not all in horizontal or vertical lines, e.g. the first O of THROW IN THE TOWEL and WAIT, and OWE plus the IGHT of HEIGHTENS, the second O of THROW IN THE TOWEL and WEIGHT, in addition to the ones in bOATEr, OATEs and inchOATE.
]]>By: beermagnethttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/08/independent-6806radian/#comment-37875
Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:33:17 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2183#comment-37875After what Radian said above about “Beijing”, “auspicious” and “down to the second” I looked for 8s, as the chinese treat 8 as a particularly lucky number and the Olympics started on 2008-08-08 at 08:08:08.
There are 2 clear 8s in hEIGHTens and wEIGHT.
I can see 5 other 8s as homophones ATE and AIT in boATEr, wAIT, inchoATE, oATEs and terminATE.
Seven 8s doesn’t seem right, so I think I’m still missing something and I don’t understand Eimi’s mention about “looking around corners”.
]]>By: davey bhttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/08/independent-6806radian/#comment-37858
Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:20:20 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2183#comment-37858Can anyone tell me the “nina”?
]]>By: Radianhttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/08/independent-6806radian/#comment-37791
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:49:24 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2183#comment-37791Schmect, schmekt. I’m surprised and a little disappointed no one’s spotted the timely inserts, some direct, some angular, all of them necessarily homophonic. Someone in Beijing would see them as quite auspicious, right down to the second. I’ll have to learn to put out more flags.
]]>By: eimihttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/08/independent-6806radian/#comment-37790
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:34:52 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2183#comment-37790Readers of the paper are probably very confused now. Looks like I failed to change the online version of 3 Down, changed in the printed version during editing.

There is a very subtle nina in this – I’m not sure I would have seen it if it wasn’t pointed out, but it relates to the date and requires looking around corners in some places.